Recent content by PhilHoff

Hello, Looking at the geometry of the blade, it is designed for a Merlin engine (rotating clockwise when seen from the cockpit, anti-clockwise when seen from the front of the plane) and not a Griffon engine, that rotated the other way. That rules out the Seafire XV or XVII, which were Griffon...

Hello, I confirm, it is a Swiss Hunter control grip. Philippe

Hello, Spitlead is right, the badge is from 80th FS "Headhunters". Those pictures were taken post-war, between 1947 and 1950, when 80th FS was operating P-51 from Itazuke AB in Japan. HTH Philippe

Hello, You'll find the original drawings on Jumpei Temma's website (and yes, they are accurate) : Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Airfix 1/48 just clik on the links. And there's much more than the Spitfire (scroll down to the drawings section) : ペガサスの翼 WINGS OF PEGASUS Contents The rest of his...

Hello, Nice pics David. Two additional informations: The Buffalo in post #47 is a belgian one, not a dutch one. The mysterious aircraft in the background of the pic in post #12 is Breguet Br 691 or 693. The undercarriage is very typical for this plane (and it was also pretty weak, for...

Hello Douglas, From this website: Aviafrance - Un siècle d'aviation française, this is a Latécoère 26-2, F-AILD HTH a little Philippe